Toy



G. SCHOENFELD wag Dec. 18, 1934.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 G. SCHOENFELD TOY Filed April 17, 1934 Dec. 18, 1934.

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"' end thereto, the oppos Patented Dec. 18, 1934 UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE TOY - Gustav Schoenfeld, Great Falls, Mont. Application April 17, 1934, scram. 721,018 4 Claims. (01. 46 -48) This invention relates to toys and has, special and l6 are disposed concentrically about a shaft reference to toys made torepresent automobiles, 1'7 which extends throughthesides of the yoke, airplanes and other vehicles, the object being to and the gear 16 is secured to said shaft so as to provide avery simple and inexpensive mechanism rotate therewith, while the gear is loose upon whereby the toy may be driven or propelled by the shaft but has a hub 18 receiving one end of 5 the. force of the wind. The invention is illusa sleeve 19 which is secured int-he hub, as clearly trated in the accompanying drawings and willbe shown in Figure 4. Upon reference to Figure 4, hereinafter fully described, the novel features beit will be noted that the sleeve 19 is loose upon ing particularly defined in the appended claims. the shaft 1''? and is jou in One Side In the drawings, v v

Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts broken h pp i e side of the yoke. The hubsof the away andin section, of atoy automobile having respective gears 5 d 6 ab e S members a of the yoke so f that relative endw-ise movement the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on theline 2-2 of the shaft and the gears will be prevented and Figure 3 is a bottom plan iew ()fg, portion f. hub 20 of a propeller which includes a central the vehicle, disk or body 21 and blades 22 which radiate from Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section. the body 21 and are disposed obliquely-relative to The body of the vehicle 1, in the illustration, is t e O the y disk 50 that Currents made to simulate an automobile but, as has been impinging p the blades W fi stated, the body may. represent an airplane or the propeller. Other prop e c e other vehicle. Incarrying out the present ,inveny- 1 0 t Shaft at the ends 0f thesame tion. a supportingtube or-hollow post 2 is'secured and these propellers consist of hubs 23 which are; at its lower end in an opening provided'in the seoured'upon theshaft as by et s ws wn whereby it willbe firmly. anchored. The-main p op l n ral d sks or bodies 24- and blades. shaft 4 is disposed through the post 2 and is pro- 25 radiating from the central bodies and disposed vided with an annular-rib or enlargement 5 which o qu y w t r p t t th d s f h b di s, rests rotatably upon the inner bottom wall ofthe as will be understood. The blades 25 are reversed once that air currents impinging upon the blades will drive the gears 15 and 16 in oppositefdirections but inasmuch as these gears mesh withthe gear 14 athdiametrically opposite .pointsof the shaft will be sustained in a vertical position. The lower end of the shaft has a step bearing in a lever 6 which is disposed transversely below the bottom of the vehicle and is pivotally attached at one ite' end of the lever being same, the gear 14 and the sha twisted so that its edge will be presented to the in he pr p r dir on pr p l he vehicle. bottom longitudinal flange or rail i7 of the vehicle A bracket consisting of a stout wire or light rod. and engageable in either of two notches 8 in said bentto providea vertical arm 26 and a horizontal rail. The lever may be thus swung or sprung toarm 27 is disposed adj the post 2 and has ward or away from the rear axle of the vehicle so the upper extremity of its Vertical arm secured in that a worm 9, fixed on the lower end of the shaft t b of e y as Clearly Shown in 4, may be caused to engage or disengage the wo m ure 1. The two arms 26 and 27 are connected by gear 10 secured on the rear axle 11 whereby the a big t 0 ey 23 which encircles the P as shown in Figures land 2, whereby the bracket motion of the shaft will be transmitted to the d to propel the 2'7 will be held to the post and may rotate about axle and the wheels 12 cause vehicle. the post with the yoke. The outer portion of the The upper end of the post 2 is'fitted in a, yoke horizontal arm 27 is turned upwardly beyond the 13 which is free to turn upon the post as a center pr pell rs, as sh wn in Figure 1, d rmi at s and the upper end of the shaft, 4 t d upin a laterally extended arm 29 which carries a wardly through the yoke and is rotatable therein. Valle 30. Should the Wind be blowing in a dl ee- Immediately above the shoulder or base of the tier! against the edges of the blades t Wi yoke 13 a bevel gear 14 is secured upon the upper Obviously he blowing r y against t e Side Of end of the shaft, as clearly shown in Figure '4, the vane 30 and will, consequently, swing the vane and this gear meshes with the reversely arranged and the parts connected therewith about the post bevel gears 15 and 16, as shown. The gears 15 2 and thereby bring the propellers into such poyoke while one end of the shaft is journaled in 10;

4 upon the outer end of the sleeve 19 is secured the 15 t rotation of 20,

like the first-described 25 lades 22 and-it will be seen at 30.

' nut 3, as clearly shown in Figure 1, so that'the relative to the b it 4 will be rotated 35,;

sition that their faces will be presented to the wind and, consequently, the propellers will be rotated to impart the desired propelling force to the vehicle, as will be understood. It may be noted that I have shown three propellers mounted upon the driving shaft 17 and two propellers are relatively close together while the inner propeller is at the opposite side of the yoke, but the closer propellers are sufliciently spaced to avoid clashing. While the propellers will rotate in opposite directions, the bevel gearing will transmit all of the power generated to the main shaft at opposite sides of the same so that the shaft will be easily rotated in the desired direction, and the effect upon the eyes of young children will be such as to create an impression of very high power and will also tend to mystify children by reason of the opposite rotation of the propellers, while the vehicle will move in one direction. If, the user of the toy desires to permit the propellers to rotate without imparting motion to the vehicle, the supporting lever 6 is shifted from the rear notch 8 to the forward notch 8 and engaged therewith so that the worm 9 will be carried out of mesh with the worm gear 10 and, consequently, the rotation of the shaft 4 will have no effect upon the vehicle. Inasmuch as the device is a toy, the shaft 4 may be sprung to follow the movement of the supporting lever without damaging the mechanism or rendering the same inoperative. It will be readily noted that the structure is such that it permits the use of very light material so that it may be produced at a low cost, which is an essential consideration in the manufacture of toys.

An open-ended hood 31 of circular cross section is provided around to prevent the fingers of children accidentally coming into contact with the rotating propellers and being thereby cut or otherwise injured. The hood is riveted or otherwise firmly secured at opposite points to the upturned flanges 32 of a base plate which bridges the yoke 13 and is secured thereon by screws as shown in Figure 4. The hood is provided at proper points with openings 34 to admit a screwdriver for manipulating the several securing screws, and in its lower side is a larger opening 35 to admit the upper ends of the post 2 and the arm 26. The hood confines the inflowing air to the propellers and it is tapered, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to concentrate the inflowing currents and obtain maximum power therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A toy comprising a mobile body, a shaft mounted vertically in the body, gearing at the lower end of the shaft for transmitting rotation of the shaft to wheels on the body, a lever disposed transversely to the body and mounted thereon at one end and supporting the lower end of the shaft, the free end of the lever being engageable in notches provided therefor in the body whereby to engage or disengage the said gearing, and propellers supported at the upper end of the shaft and operatively connected therewith for rotating the same.

2. A toy comprising a mobile body, a hollow post secured in the roof of the body, a shaft extending through said post and rotatable therein, gearing at the lower end of the shaft whereby the rotation of the shaft will propel the body, a yoke rotatably mounted upon the upper end of the post, a shaft extending through the sides of the yoke and rotatable therein, a bevel gear secured on the upper end of the first-mentioned shaft above the base of the yoke, reversely arranged gears mounted upon the second-mentioned shaft and meshing with the first-mentioned gear, one of the last-mentioned gears being secured upon the second-mentioned shaft and the other of the said gears being loose upon said shaft and having a hub encircling the shaft, a plurality of propellers having hubs secured directly upon the second-mentioned shaft, a sleeve fitted around the shaft and secured in the said hub of the reversely arranged gear, and a propeller secured upon the outer end of said sleeve, the blades of the last-mentioned propeller being reversed relative to the blades of the first-mentioned propellers.

3. A toy comprising a mobile body, a post secured in the roof of the body, a shaft extending through said post, means whereby rotation of said shaft will propel the body, a yoke rotatable upon the upper end of the post, a shaft journaled in the sides of the yoke, propellers mounted on said second-mentioned shaft, gearing connecting the second-mentioned shaft with the firstmentioned shaft, a bracket having an arm disposed vertically adjacent the post with one end secured in the yoke and having an eye at its lower end encircling the post, a horizontal arm extending from the eye to a point beyond the propellers and terminating in an upper horizontal arm, and a vane carried by said upper horizontal arm.

4. A toy comprising a mobile vehicle, a main shaft mounted vertically in the vehicle, gearing whereby the rotation of the shaft may be imparted to the vehicle, propellers supported at the upper end of the shaft and geared thereto to be operated by air currents to rotate the shaft, means for holding the propellers in operative relation to the air currents, and a hood housing the propellers.

GUSTAV SCI-IOENFELD. [L. 5.] 

